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| Gabriel Metsu Man and woman at a virginal ca 1665 National Gallery, London |
The oldest and most common method of weaving any fabric is Plain Weave where each warp thread (the vertical ones) passes alternatively over and under each weft thread (the crosswise ones).
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| Plain Weave |
Satin Weave proceeds differently, with each warp thread passing over at least four weft threads before passing under one. The 4/1 pattern does not proceed in rows but diagonally across the width of the fabric, which produces the desired 'satin' effect of relatively greater glossiness. 17th-century satins were nearly always woven of silk, further increasing the gloss, but the satin-weave structure is more often used in the present day with synthetics and cottons.
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| Satin Weave |
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| Godfried Schalcken A woman singing and a man with a cittern ca. 1665-70 National Gallery, London |
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| Gerard ter Borch A woman playing a lute with two men singing ca. 1667-68 National Gallery, London |
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| Jacob Ochtervelt A woman at a harpsichord with a man singing ca. 1675-80 National Gallery, Lodon |
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| Jacob Ochtervelt Two women and a man making music ca. 1675-80 National Gallery, London |
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| Jan Steen A woman playing a harpsichord with a man listening 1659 National Gallery, London |
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| Frans van Mieris the Elder A woman feeding a parrot ca. 1663 National Gallery, London |
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| Gerard ter Borch A woman at her toilet, with attendant ca. 1650-51 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Jacob Ochtervelt A woman trimming her fingernails, with attendant ca. 1670-75 National Gallery, London |
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| Gerard ter Borch Curiosity (woman writing with two others standing) ca. 1660-62 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| attributed to Ludolf de Jongh A woman refusing a glass of wine ca. 1660-65 National Gallery, London |
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| Eglon Hendrik van der Neer Portrait of a woman as Judith with the head of Holofernes ca. 1678 National Gallery, London |
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| Peter Lely Portrait of a woman with a lamb ca. 1665 National Portrait Gallery (U.K.) |
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| Jacob Jordaens The painter's family 1621-22 Prado |